A few days ago Bill Jones tried to launch a discussion about issues that are "dealbreakers" in Baptist life. He got three comments -- one negative, but respectful -- and a disrespectful blog lashing from a blogger more enamored with the Samurai side of his personality than with the spiritual side.
It's apparent that dialogue, conversation and discussion regarding homosexuality is still a "dealbreaker" for some of the fundamentalists among us.
In my humble opinion, if even Al Mohler can acknowledge that science has something to say about this issue and begin to wrestle with it, so can Texas Baptists.
Those with passions too strong to engage in respectful, civil and mature dialogue about this subject are encouraged to focus their attention on issues they can discuss with a more Christ-like demeanor.
The official weblog of Texas Baptists Committed -- an organization committed to preserving historic Baptist distinctives within Texas Baptist life.
Bruce you seem to have overlooked the most important opinion in the TIME story.
ReplyDelete"Both science and religion can be very much perverted by ideological beliefs. Both need to be purified," said (Charles) Taylor, who on Wednesday was awarded the $1.5 million Templeton Prize for a career spent arguing that fields such as history, politics and economics pay too little heed to spirituality as a real force in people's lives.
I admit that when any one quotes Al I begin to question their motive.